Downloading Saved Mail

soppy1291 · 01-28-2008, 03:09 PM

How would I go about downloading my saved mail from AOL to Thunderbird? There is A LOT of it, haha

Cyborg Ninja · 01-29-2008, 08:25 AM

This page will help you set up your Thunderbird client to receive AOL email. There is an option within Options -> your email account -> Server Settings that will let you keep email on the server even if you have downloaded it to Thunderbird. I prefer keeping it on the server just in case.

As for downloading all of your email from AOL, I believe that depends on a setting from AOL's side. Like with Gmail, I had to access Gmail and not Thunderbird to make sure all of my past email was downloaded to Thunderbird. It might happen automatically when you set up your account, or maybe there is indeed a setting when you set it up, I'm not sure.

01-28-2008, 03:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
soppy1291 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 228 OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition My System	Downloading Saved Mail How would I go about downloading my saved mail from AOL to Thunderbird? There is A LOT of it, haha

01-29-2008, 08:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cyborg Ninja Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 67 OS: WinXP Pro	Re: Downloading Saved Mail This page will help you set up your Thunderbird client to receive AOL email. There is an option within Options -> your email account -> Server Settings that will let you keep email on the server even if you have downloaded it to Thunderbird. I prefer keeping it on the server just in case. As for downloading all of your email from AOL, I believe that depends on a setting from AOL's side. Like with Gmail, I had to access Gmail and not Thunderbird to make sure all of my past email was downloaded to Thunderbird. It might happen automatically when you set up your account, or maybe there is indeed a setting when you set it up, I'm not sure.